| 单词 | relinquishment |
| 释义 | relinquishment (once / 13840 pages) n When you sacrifice something or give it up, that's relinquishment. The relinquishment of your position as student council president at the end of the school year might make you a little sad. Use the noun relinquishment when you're talking about the act of handing something over or abandoning it. The relinquishment of worldly goods is important is some religions, while in others the important relinquishment is that of unkindness. Relinquishment comes from the verb relinquish, to give up. The Latin root of both words is relinquere, "leave behind, forsake, or abandon," which combines re, "back," with linquere, "to leave." WORD FAMILYrelinquishment: relinquishments+/relinquish: relinquished, relinquishes, relinquishing, relinquishment/relinquishing: relinquishings USAGE EXAMPLESHer relinquishment of the dream of motherhood in “Bubbles” is both passive and filled with a quiet grief. Los Angeles Times(Nov 11, 2016) The relinquishment of executive authority lasted only a couple of hours in each instance. Washington Post(Sep 12, 2016) The birth mother, who chose the adoptive parents and completed the relinquishment period, neglected to tell them that the child’s father was in prison. Slate(Sep 05, 2016) 1n the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc. Syn|Hypo|Hyper relinquishing ceding, cession the act of ceding handoveract of relinquishing property or authority etc discharge, release, waivera formal written statement of relinquishment exemption, granting immunity, immunityan act exempting someone ceding back, recessionthe act of ceding back conclusion, ending, termination the act of ending something 2n a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc. Syn|Hypo|Hyper relinquishing giving up, surrender, yielding a verbal act of admitting defeat renouncement, renunciation an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned |
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